Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

A researcher does not typically expect the control group to show the same levels of the dependent variable as the experimental group.

Describe the methods used to study an individual or small group in great detail? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

Which of the following is a true statement about the Gestalt school of psychology led by Max Wertheimer?

Why are animals used in research?

Professor Jenkins insists that we must know more than what precedes a response and what follows it in order to understand behaviour. She believes that we must try to understand the mental processes that underlie behaviour. She emphasizes the

Much was learned about the biological nature of memory by observing an individual who had severe memory loss over an extended period of time. This is an example of

The major emphasis of functionalism was

Deception is justified in human research as long as the subjects never know that they have been deceived, because knowing about the deception may cause irreversible harm.

Researchers using naturalistic observation attempt to control the behaviour being observed.

Which of the following statements applies to the case study method?

Professor Jancy did a study in which she explored the relationship between caffeine consumption and the ability to memorize words on a list. The dependent variable in her study was

The Hockey News polled its readers to establish the television newscast preferences of Canadians. Why would scientists be skeptical about the results?

Having read about experimental research and survey research in this chapter, how will it affect the way you evaluate research studies in articles you read or in reports you hear in the future?

In studying the effects of hunger on competition, a researcher has subjects skip one, two, or three meals and then play a competitive game. She notes the number of points scored by subjects in the three hunger groups. In this example, the dependent variable is

Freud based his ideas about human personality on the information he acquired about his patients' lives and especially their memories of early childhood experiences. Freud's theory is based on

Which of the following best reflects psychology's goal of description?

Psychological tests are sometimes used in experiments or correlation studies.

What were the goals and method of structuralism, the first school of psychology?

Followers of psychoanalysis consider human behaviour to be unique due to the human capacity for choice, growth, and psychological health.

Dr. Morse tries to uncover unconscious motives that could account for his patient's self-defeating behaviour and to trace the problem back to early childhood experiences. Dr. Morse employs the